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authorkeramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org>2001-12-06 00:30:53 +0000
committerkeramida <keramida@FreeBSD.org>2001-12-06 00:30:53 +0000
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Make a bit more clear the types of characters that -B option will
print in octal. Reviewed by: roam, silence on -doc
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.Ql .. .
Always set for the super-user.
.It Fl B
-Force printing of non-graphic characters in file names as \\xxx,
+Force printing of non-printable characters (as defined by
+.Xr ctype 3
+and current locale settings) in file names as \\xxx,
where xxx is the numeric value of the character in octal.
.It Fl C
Force multi-column output; this is the default when output is to a terminal.
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